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DECIDE PhDs and postdocs took part in a hands-on ASReview workshop at Utrecht University Library On 4 June, several DECIDE PhD researchers and postdocs gathered at Utrecht University Library for a hands-on workshop on AI-aided literature screening using ASReview. The session was led by Rens van de Schoot, lead author of ASReview and co-lead of…

New DECIDE research presented at CAiSE 2026 introduces a probabilistic approach for AI risk analysis based on real-world incident data and AI governance frameworks.

How the new EU AI Act reshape AI governance and what this means for transparency, compliance, and citizen-centred AI systems. The EU AI Act was initially envisioned as a groundbreaking framework for safe and trustworthy artificial intelligence. However, recent developments are raising important concerns about its future direction. A recent publication linked to the DECIDE…

Two consortium projects that EEMCS and TPM researchers are taking part in received NWA-ORC grants. These projects are the DECIDE project, in which AI systems are designed more democratically, and the BIO-COMPaSS project, which investigates whether understanding biological age motivates people to live healthier. In these projects, researchers collaborate with knowledge partners and societal organizations.…

Artificial intelligence is now present everywhere. But how can we design AI in a way that creates value for everyone? Recently, the project DECIDE, which focuses on fair, transparent, and democratic AI, received a grant of €6.8 million from the NWA ORC program of the Dutch Research Agenda. University of Groningen (Campus Fryslân) researcher Oskar…

The Dutch National Science Agenda (NWA) recently awarded funding to a multi-year, multidisciplinary research programme on the democratisation of AI: DECIDE. Professor Mieke Boon of the University of Twente’s Faculty of Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences (BMS) is the project’s principal investigator. What exactly does she plan to do? A conversation about citizens, Big Tech…